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Overview

Lian-Hui Zhang is affiliated with South China Agricultural University in China and has an extensive publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including plant science, molecular biology, endocrinology, genetics, and molecular medicine.

Their research focuses on several main topics: bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lian-Hui Zhang include:

  • Jianuan Zhou
  • Xiaofan Zhou
  • Zeling Xu
  • Shaohua Chen
  • Ming Hu

Zhang frequently publishes in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Microorganisms
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Zhang illustrate a sustained research output in microbial interactions and biocontrol strategies. These include:

  • "Molecular Mechanisms of Phosphate Stress Activation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing Systems," published in 2020 in mSphere
  • "Harnessing the CRISPR-Cas Systems to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance," published in 2021 in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Innovative microbial disease biocontrol strategies mediated by quorum quenching and their multifaceted applications: A review," published in 2023 in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Screening, Identification and Efficacy Evaluation of Antagonistic Bacteria for Biocontrol of Soft Rot Disease Caused by Dickeya zeae," published in 2020 in Microorganisms
  • "Potential of a Quorum Quenching Bacteria Isolate Ochrobactrum intermedium D-2 Against Soft Rot Pathogen Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum," published in 2020 in Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The hierarchy quorum sensing network in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Jasmine Lee;Lianhui Zhang;Lianhui Zhang

  • Quenching quorum-sensing-dependent bacterial infection by an N -acyl homoserine lactonase

    Yi-Hu Dong;Lian-Hui Wang;Jin-Ling Xu;Hai-Bao Zhang

  • AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora

    Yi-Hu Dong;Jin-Ling Xu;Xian-Zhen Li;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • AiiA, an enzyme that inactivates the acylhomoserine lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of <i>Erwinia carotovora</i>

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  • Acyl‐homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia strain XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum‐quenching enzymes

    Yi-Han Lin;Jin-Ling Xu;Jiangyong Hu;Lian-Hui Wang

  • Identification of Quorum-Quenching N-Acyl Homoserine Lactonases from Bacillus Species

    Yi-Hu Dong;Andi R. Gusti;Qiong Zhang;Jin-Ling Xu

  • Cell–cell signaling in Xanthomonas campestris involves an HD-GYP domain protein that functions in cyclic di-GMP turnover

    Robert P. Ryan;Yvonne Fouhy;Jean F. Lucey;Lisa C. Crossman

  • Agrobacterium conjugation and gene regulation by N -acyl-L-homoserine lactones

    Lianhui Zhang;Peter J. Murphy;Allen Kerr;Max E. Tate

  • Quorum sensing and quorum-quenching enzymes.

    Yi-Hu Dong;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • A bacterial cell-cell communication signal with cross-kingdom structural analogues.

    Lian-Hui Wang;Yawen He;Yunfeng Gao;Ji En Wu

  • A cell-cell communication signal integrates quorum sensing and stress response

    Jasmine Lee;Jien Wu;Yinyue Deng;Jing Wang

  • Quorum-quenching microbial infections: mechanisms and implications

    Yi-Hu Dong;Lian-Hui Wang;Lian-Hui Zhang;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • Utilization of Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Signals for Growth by a Soil Pseudomonad and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

    Jean J. Huang;Jong-In Han;Lian-Hui Zhang;Lian-Hui Zhang;Jared R. Leadbetter

  • Quorum sensing and signal interference: diverse implications

    Lian-Hui Zhang;Yi-Hu Dong

  • Genetic control of quorum-sensing signal turnover in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Hai-Bao Zhang;Lian-Hui Wang;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis silences Erwinia carotovora virulence by a new form of microbial antagonism, signal interference.

    Yi-Hu Dong;Xi-Fen Zhang;Jin-Ling Xu;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • A novel DSF-like signal from Burkholderia cenocepacia interferes with Candida albicans morphological transition.

    Calvin Boon;Yinyue Deng;Yinyue Deng;Lian-Hui Wang;Yawen He

  • Quorum sensing and virulence regulation in Xanthomonas campestris

    Ya-Wen He;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • Specificity and Enzyme Kinetics of the Quorum-quenching N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone Lactonase (AHL-lactonase)

    Lian-Hui Wang;Li-Xing Weng;Yi-Hu Dong;Lian-Hui Zhang;Lian-Hui Zhang

  • TraI, a LuxI homologue, is responsible for production of conjugation factor, the Ti plasmid N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer

    Ingyu Hwang;Pei-Li Li;Lianhui Zhang;Kevin R. Piper

  • Listening to a new language: DSF-based quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Yinyue Deng;Ji'en Wu;Fei Tao;Lian-Hui Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Haiwei Song
Haiwei Song Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Chao Wang
Chao Wang Soochow University
Liang Yang
Liang Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
J. Maxwell Dow
J. Maxwell Dow University College Cork
Leo Eberl
Leo Eberl University of Zurich
Jiangyong Hu
Jiangyong Hu National University of Singapore
Clay Fuqua
Clay Fuqua Indiana University
Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Miguel Cámara
Miguel Cámara University of Nottingham
Caroline S. Harwood
Caroline S. Harwood University of Washington

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